Photography Instructor (Part Time)

About the role

We are seeking a teacher to join our Visual Arts department, where they will instruct two Photography courses across the Middle and Upper School divisions. Marlborough’s Photography courses foster technical proficiency, visual and media literacy, and the opportunity to engage with 21st-Century visual culture through an experiential, joyful, personal, and critical lens. Through instruction in technical foundations, darkroom practice, digital workflow, critique, and visual analysis, students build proficiency while also cultivating a distinct artistic voice.

The Visual Arts Department seeks to expose students to a dynamic range of artists, histories, materials, and contemporary practices, helping them understand art as both a technical process and a powerful form of personal, cultural, and intellectual inquiry. Our state-of-the-art facilities support vibrant, ambitious, rigorous artistic production. Beyond classroom teaching, this position offers the opportunity to be an active participant in the dynamic Marlborough community; teachers collaborate as part of a team to ensure a consistent and cohesive experience for students, and there are various opportunities to engage in school life.

Responsibilities

• Teach two sections of Beginning and/or Intermediate Photography.
• Instruct both analog and digital technology: cameras, lighting studio, darkroom printing, and digital printing—including large format.
• Facilitate rigorous, objective critiques that emphasize close visual analysis and evidence-based feedback.
• Support non-instructional administrative and lab stewardship, including materials management, equipment maintenance, tech upgrades, darkroom and classroom space oversight.
• Cultivate a safe, engaging learning environment for students.
• Collaborate with the Photography teaching team, contributing to lesson preparation and curriculum development as needed.
• Communicate regularly with parents, teachers, student services, deans, and other administrators.
• Adhere to Marlborough’s academic policies, guidelines, and expectations.
• Participate actively in department and school activities contributing to a collaborative and mission-aligned school culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s of Arts in Photography or other Visual Arts program. A graduate degree is strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience teaching Photography at the high school or college level.
• Expertise in, and experience teaching with both analog and digital technologies, including a range of cameras, film development and darkroom processes, and digital printing—including large format.
• Experience guiding structured, analytical critiques that cultivate visual literacy and facilitate peer feedback.
• Ability to thrive in collaborative environments and excel at designing and executing curriculum as a member of a teaching team.
• Possess an interest, enthusiasm for, and commitment to teaching middle and high school students.
• Excellent communication, organizational, planning and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary ranging from $40,000 to $48,000.
• Access to professional growth and development programs and funds.
• Generous time-off allowance to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Pay

$40,000 - $48,000 annually.

Schedule

Part-time (50%).

Founded in 1889, Marlborough School is an independent girls' college-preparatory school for grades 7 through 12 located in Los Angeles, California. Central to Marlborough’s vision that Equity Leads Education is the belief in and passion for empowering young women to use their immense talents to better the world and become trailblazers in their own right.